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Lim was born in [[Malaysia]][{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1004604/ |title=Adele Lim |publisher=[[IMDb]] |access-date=29 August 2018 |archive-date=28 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828170315/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1004604/ |url-status=live }}] and is of [[Malaysian Chinese]] descent. She attended [[SMK (P) Sri Aman|Malaysia's Sri Aman Girls School]] in [[Petaling Jaya]], in [[Petaling District]], in the state of [[Selangor]].[{{Cite web |last=Vengadesan |first=Martin |date=2020-09-13 |title=The PJ girl who just penned Disney's next movie |url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/542413 |access-date=2025-10-03 |website=Malaysiakini}}]She started writing as a teenager and undergraduate in the lifestyle section of a local daily.[{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/opinion/columnists/so-aunty-so-what/2017/05/17/rooting-for-this-crazy-movie-heres-how-an-international-bestseller-got-a-grand-malaysian-treatment|title=Rooting for this CRA-zy movie|last=Wong|first=June H.L.|date=17 May 2017|work=the Star Online|access-date=12 August 2019|archive-date=12 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812071833/https://www.thestar.com.my/opinion/columnists/so-aunty-so-what/2017/05/17/rooting-for-this-crazy-movie-heres-how-an-international-bestseller-got-a-grand-malaysian-treatment|url-status=live}}] She graduated from [[Emerson College]] in [[Boston]] with a degree in TV/film in 1996 and currently resides in [[Los Angeles, California]].[{{Cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/malaysia/the-star-malaysia-star2/20121212/281668252288918|title=It's in the script|last=Begum|first=Mumtaj|date=12 December 2012|work=The Star|access-date=8 October 2019|archive-date=8 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008080637/https://www.pressreader.com/malaysia/the-star-malaysia-star2/20121212/281668252288918|url-status=live}}][{{cite news|url=https://vogue.sg/adele-lim-100-tigers-productions/|title=Meet Adele Lim, the Malaysian screenwriter making waves of representation in Hollywood|last=Lye|first=Jesslyn|work=Vogue Singapore|date=17 January 2024|access-date=7 October 2024|archive-date=18 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718122251/https://vogue.sg/adele-lim-100-tigers-productions/|url-status=live}}] |
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Lim was born in [[Malaysia]][{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1004604/ |title=Adele Lim |publisher=[[IMDb]] |access-date=29 August 2018 |archive-date=28 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828170315/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1004604/ |url-status=live }}] and is of [[Malaysian Chinese]] descent. She attended [[SMK (P) Sri Aman|Malaysia's Sri Aman Girls School]] in [[Petaling Jaya]], in [[Petaling District]], in the state of [[Selangor]].[{{Cite web |last=Vengadesan |first=Martin |date=2020-09-13 |title=The PJ girl who just penned Disney's next movie |url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/542413 |access-date=2025-10-03 |website=Malaysiakini}}] She started writing as a teenager and undergraduate in the lifestyle section of a local daily.[{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/opinion/columnists/so-aunty-so-what/2017/05/17/rooting-for-this-crazy-movie-heres-how-an-international-bestseller-got-a-grand-malaysian-treatment|title=Rooting for this CRA-zy movie|last=Wong|first=June H.L.|date=17 May 2017|work=the Star Online|access-date=12 August 2019|archive-date=12 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812071833/https://www.thestar.com.my/opinion/columnists/so-aunty-so-what/2017/05/17/rooting-for-this-crazy-movie-heres-how-an-international-bestseller-got-a-grand-malaysian-treatment|url-status=live}}] She graduated from [[Emerson College]] in [[Boston]] with a degree in TV/film in 1996 and currently resides in [[Los Angeles, California]].[{{Cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/malaysia/the-star-malaysia-star2/20121212/281668252288918|title=It's in the script|last=Begum|first=Mumtaj|date=12 December 2012|work=The Star|access-date=8 October 2019|archive-date=8 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008080637/https://www.pressreader.com/malaysia/the-star-malaysia-star2/20121212/281668252288918|url-status=live}}][{{cite news|url=https://vogue.sg/adele-lim-100-tigers-productions/|title=Meet Adele Lim, the Malaysian screenwriter making waves of representation in Hollywood|last=Lye|first=Jesslyn|work=Vogue Singapore|date=17 January 2024|access-date=7 October 2024|archive-date=18 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718122251/https://vogue.sg/adele-lim-100-tigers-productions/|url-status=live}}] |